Patrick Griffin

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‘Regardless of their preferences, policymakers and the public in both jurisdictions should be well informed.’ Photograph: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg/ File
Questions around Irish unity referendum to be examined in new initiative

A major academic initiative to avoid the pitfalls of the Brexit vote when it comes to a future referendum on Northern Ireland has been launched. The(...)

Patrick Griffin with his sister Betsy and their father, Dennis, after a family intervention – during which Patrick got high, in Pembroke, New Hampshire. Photograph: Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Patrick has lost track of how many times he has overdosed – he guesses 30

The first time Patrick Griffin overdosed one afternoon in May, he was still breathing when his father and sister found him on the floor around 1.30pm.(...)

Elephant and Castle in south London: in the 1950s, the area was filled with Irish men working on building sites and Irish women working in factories. Photograph: Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images
Brexit remains a divisive issue for Irish in London

Painted on a wall in Southwark’s Central Market is a recipe for potato bread, which carefully explains how much flour and baking powder is needed for(...)

The then US president Bill Clinton with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams in the Oval Office of the White House on March 17th, 2000. The success of the Northern Ireland peace process was one of Clinton’s greatest achievements. Photograph: William Vasta/AFP/Getty Images
Clinton research trove reveals golden memories of Ireland

The journalistic dictum that the more comfortable you make people, the more they will reveal applies to the world of academic historical research t(...)

Ruby Walsh returns to action in France after a fractured arm and dislocated shoulder sustained at Cheltenham. Photograph: Inpho
Mullins reroutes Un De Sceaux to French Grade Two

The world’s top-rated racehorse Treve`might be returning to Group One action in Paris tomorrow but flat matters still have to wait in the wings as (...)